Bracket



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BRACKET Filed Feb, 5, 1925 INVENTOR.

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Patented Mar. .12, 1929.

j UNITED. STATES) BRACKET.

Application filed February This invention relates to an improved construction of bracket for fastening beams together at their lntersection; and the ob eet of this invention is to provide such a bracket adapted to be more particularly used on the heavier type of motor vehicles for the pur pose of securing the wooden bolster beam to the wooden chassis sill at their'points o'tintersection, to provide a strong joint between these beams to hold them against relative movement and resist the constant strains and wearii'ig action due to bearing heavy loads while traveling over rough pavements.

A further object of this invention is to form the bracket with a bearing-plate adapted to be positioned between the beams at their intersection, the plate being of an area greater than that of the area of the beams one upon the other, to provide an extended bearing surface-therefor, and'so reduce the wearing etl'ect at their greatestwearing point.

A still further object of this invention is to provide this intermediate bearing plate with oppositely extending side bearing plates disposed in planes at right angles to each other and adapted to engage and be bolted to the side faces of the two intersecting beams. With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating portion 01 a motor vehicle of the truck-type and illustrating my improved bracket as arranged to connect the bolster with the chassis sills at their points of intersection.

Figure '2 is an end View of a portion of the chassis ofthe vehicle showing the ends of the beams forming the chassis sills and the bolster as secured by my improved bracket to these sill beams, also showing the floor of the truck.

Figure 8 is an'enlarged perspective viewillustrating one of my improved brackets as connecting the two beams together at their points of intersection.

Figure 4 is a top view illustrating the extended area of the bearing plate which is positioned intermediate the'beams at their points of crossing.

Figure 5 is a modification illustratmg a blank as cut from sheet stock from which my improved bracket may be formed.

Figure 6 shows a sheetmetal blank-as folded into a finished form having a bearing plate a, 1925. Seria1 No. 6;557.

with two oppositely extending side-bearing flanges set in planes at right angles to each other and at right anglesto said plate. 1

It is found in the practical construction of frames "for motor vehicles such as those employed in heavy trucks and the like, where the bolster or cross beams rest upon thelonmew "OFFICE,

gitudinally-disposed beams or chassis sills and are bolted thereto, that constant vibra tion of the vehicle partsserves to wear these beams where one rests upon the otherandto soon destroy the same. Then again, where an ordinary fastening bolt is passed vertical-' ly'through both of the beams this bolt soon becomes loosened and the stock taken out by the bolt hole still further weakensthe beams at this vital point and assists to further loosen the extent of the wearing life of the beams. To obviate this diiiiculty, I have provided a brackethaving a bearing plate interposed be tween the two beams, the same providing an extended bearing area thereby greatly prolonging the wearing life of the beams at this point. Then again, instead of passing a fas tening bolt down through the beams, I provide side-bearing flanges adaptedto extend along the face on each of the beams and to permit bolting through the sides of the beams, by which construction the operating orwearing life of the same is greatly extended; and

the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of my invention showingone means by which these advantageous results may be obtained lVith reference to the drawings, 10 desig' nates a bear ng plate which is adapted to be positioned between intersecting surfaces of thebeams l1 and l2. This plate is provided with an extending bearing surface much greater than the normalcontacting area of the beams when resting one upon the other. This plate is provided on one edge with an upwardly-extending side-bearing flange 13 adapted to engage the-side faces of the beam l1 and is secured thereto by means of bolts 14. This bearingplate is also provided with adownwardly-extendmg side bearing flange 15 on anotherv edge thereof which is set in a plane at right angles to the flange'13 and is adapted to be positioned against the side face otbeam 12 and is secured thereto by means of bolts 16. In some instances, these brackets may be formedof a casting in which case supporting ribs 17 may be employed, while inother cases 1 form these brackets of sheet; metal; first being blanked out intosubstantially the form illustrated in Figure aim.-

.inga bearing plate 18 With a flanged portion 19 on'one edge and afianged portion 20.011

another edge thereof. ,The fiangeportion 19 is bentupwardly While the flange 20 is bent downwardl from the ed es of this nlatev thereby setting these flanges 19 and 20 in planes at right angles toeach other and each at a right angle to the plane of the bearing plate 18, by which construction when applied tov the chassis beams of a vehicle the upwardly-extending flange 13' of the bracket, sets thetmtside surface o1 the bolster 11, While the flange 1-3 on the left end engages the opposite sidelot, the bolster 11 thus it will be seen that this bolster is engaged and supported from opposite sides at its opposite ends to receive maximum support against tipping in either direction from normal vertical plane. Then again, it Will be seen that by forming the flange members a little less than the depth or Width of the beams they engage, the Whole Wei 'ht of the load supported on the bearing plate the fastening bolts passing through these flanges simply serving to bind the flanges to the sides of the beams to hold them firmly in their normal op erating position.

My improved bracket is verysimple and I practical in'construotion, is inexpensive to manufacture, is Very effective in its operation, and also WhQIlthlS bracket is formed of sheet stock it maybe made very lightin Weight and yet bestrong and durablerand well adapted to support the beains in their operating positions at their points of intersection, one with the other. 7

The foregoing description is directed solely towards theconstruetion illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resortingto all theinechanical changes to which the device is susceptible,

the invention being defined and limited only r of the appended claim. 

